Game carrier



Patented Sept. 3, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GAME CARRIER vClarence H. McMillan, Minneapolis, Minn. Application November 17, 1945,Serial No. 629,305

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in game carriers, and moreparticularly, to a carrier for ducks and other game birds.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple and highly efficientgame carrier that may be carried by hand, thrown over the shoulder orhung from a support in an automobile.

Another object of this invention is to provide a game carrier havingmeans for carrying game birds in groups and each of said means beingself-adjusting.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a game carrierwhich, when not in use. may be stored or carried in a relatively smalland compact space.

Other objects of this invention will be apparent from the followingdescription, reference being had to the drawing.

To the above end, generally stated, the inven tion consists of the novelconstruction and arrangement hereinafter described and defined in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawing, which illus'- trates the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a View in side elevation of the game carrier showing one ofthe looped straps folded to form a noose, a portion of the handle beingbroken away and sectioned;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofthe game carrier as shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the handle with the looped straps removed; andi Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the looped strapsshowing a step in the process of connecting the end portions thereof.

The numeral 5 indicates a rectangular leather handle having four holes 6punched in each end. portion thereof. Attached to each end portion ofthe handle 5 are two straps 1 of rawhide and each strap is folded uponitself to form a long loop. Each strap 'l is attached to the handle '5by having its end portions inserted through two of the holes 6 andconnected by a knot 8. The knot 8 is formed by cutting a slit 9 in eachend bird is inserted therethrough and the noose ll is tightened aroundthe neck of the bird.

The improved game carrier is designed to carry twenty birds, five byeach strap 1. Obviously, each noose Il is self-adjusting so that thereis no chance of the noose Il becoming loose and releasing a bird heldthereby. The noose l I will hold, say, ve birds, equally as well as onebird.

As previously stated, the carrier may be held in the hand, thrown overthe shoulder or hung on a support in an automobile. In carrying aplurality of birds by the carrier, they will, of course, be equally orsubstantially equally divided among the several straps 1. Thisdistribution of the birds substantially balances the load from the fourcorners of the handle 5 which makes the carrier easy to carry.

From what has been said, it will be understood that the game carrierdescribed is capable of modification as to details of construction andarrangement within the scope of the invention herein disclosed andclaimed.

What I claim is:

l. A game carrier comprising a rectangular leather handle having in eachend portion two pairs of holes, the holes of each pair beingsubstantially parallel to the longitudinal edges of` the handle, andpairs of long rawhide straps, each strap being folded upon itself toform a loop, the end portions of each strap being inserted through onepair of said holes and connected, each looped strap being capable ofbeing folded to form a running noose.

2. A game carrier comprising a rectangular leather handle having in eachend portion two pairs of holes, the holes of each pair beingsubstantially parallel to the longitudinal edges of the handle, andpairs of long rawhide straps, each strap being folded upon itself toform a loop, the end portions of each strap being inserted through onepair of said holes from the under side of the handle, each looped strapbeing capable of being folded to form a running loop.

3. A game carrier comprising a rectangular leather handle having in eachend portion two portion of the strap 1 and inserting the end por- Ytions through the slits 9, as shown in Fig. 4,` and then by pulling saidend portions in opposite directions, to form the knot 8. The endportions of the straps 1, outwardly of the slits 9, are cut to formpoints l0 to facilitate the insertion there of through the slits 9 andalso add to the attractiveness of the game carrier.

To attach a game bird to the carrier, one of the looped straps 1 isagain folded upon itself` to form therein a running noose Il and thehead of the pairs of holes, the holes of each pair being substantiallyparallel to the longitudinal edges of the handle, and pairs of longrawhide straps, each strap being folded upon itself to form a loop,

the `end portions of each strap being inserted through one pair of saidholes, the end portions of each strap having therein, above the handle,slits, each end portion of each looped strap being inserted through theslit in the other end portion and said end portions tightened to form aknot, each looped strap being capable of being folded to form a runningnoose. v

CLARENCE H. MCMILLAN.

